99. Find Your Favorite Mexican Restaurant

Editor's Note: This is the second of a series titled, "Top 100 Things to do in the South Padre Island/Port Isabel Area." This series is designed to allow the visitor of the area to experience local treasures.

99. Find your favorite Mexican restaurant.

Because the SPI/PI area is on the US/Mexico border, finding good Mexican food is not hard to do at all. Finding the best is hard to do because there are so many choices. We have made the search easier for you by featuring this hidden treasure on Central Blvd. in Brownsville, Tx. that serves authentic Mexican food.

Not everyone can make homemade salsa that is tasty and not too hot. Here you can get three types: mild, medium and "Aye, chihuahua!" The chips are served hot, fresh and with a traditional serving of lime on the side.

"Why, then," you ask, "if there are so many restaurants serving good Mexican food in the area would you single out one?"

The answer is shown below.

Nobody serves homemade, handmade CORN tortillas like Lula's does.

You can get beef milanesas anywhere but a chicken milanesa? It was the first I had ever heard of it and upon tasting it, it is now the only item I order every time I dine at this rare gem.

Owner, Lula Lopez, pictured here with waitress, Samantha, has run this wonderful eatery for six great years. The tables are adorned with pictures of the beauty with her many happy clients and friends under a glass tabletop.







Directions from SPI/PI: Take Hwy. 48 to Brownsville.Turn right on Ruben Torres Blvd.

Go until you get near the expressway. GET IN THE MIDDLE LANE. Go straight under the expressway and TAKE A LEFT on the next immediate intersection which is Central Blvd. and Ruben Torres Blvd. where there is a bank. Go south on Central Blvd. until you see the bright green back of the building pictured below right. The white snow cone stand is another giveaway.

You can't miss the eyecatching paintjob on the back of the restaurant.

Lula's eyecatching paintjob on the rear of the building can't be missed. It is near the intersection of Price Rd. and Central Blvd.

She has now opened a bar area in the adjacent space next to the dining area where you may imbibe wine and beer to your content.

You can't miss the bright-green backside of the building as you near the intersection of Price Rd. and Central Blvd. traveling on Central going south.

Front view of the restaurant.

You owe it to yourself to stop here during a day of discovering Brownsville as you continue on your journey to experience all this region has to offer.

If you want a delicious taste of culture, this is it.